MacKenzie Weegar, Florida Panthers avoid arbitration with three-year contract

MacKenzie Weegar is, without much doubt, one of the Florida Panthers’ draft success stories.

Taken in the seventh round in 2013 — after the Panthers traded back into the draft to take him — Weegar has worked his way into a top-pairing defenseman who continues to get better.

Now, it appears he will remain with the Panthers for a while.